Retrograde Calendar
Station times, degrees, durations, and shadow periods for every retrograde of the year — computed astronomy, not folklore.
No planet ever backs up; the loop is a trick of parallax as Earth laps a slower world or is lapped by a faster one. The tradition reads it accordingly. A changes a planet's gear, not its meaning; matters under its sponsorship come round again for review, revision, repair. The days that carry real weight are the , when a planet stands still to turn. Mark those dates, not the whole stretch.
☿︎Mercury retrograde 2146· three times this year
The classic season of crossed wires; three or four short spells a year. Re-read, re-confirm, back up the files; let the signature wait for the turning day if it can.
Retrograde 31 Jan – 21 Feb (3 weeks), 27°01' Aquarius back to 11°29' Aquarius; shadow from 16 Jan to 13 Mar. Stations at 11:27 and 19:03 UT.
Retrograde 30 May – 23 Jun (3 weeks), 24°56' Gemini back to 16°22' Gemini; shadow from 15 May to 08 Jul. Stations at 11:40 and 10:52 UT.
Retrograde 27 Sep – 19 Oct (3 weeks), 26°01' Libra back to 10°43' Libra; shadow from 07 Sep to 03 Nov. Stations at 23:28 and 11:16 UT.
♀︎Venus retrograde 2146· once this year
Retrograde 28 Aug – 10 Oct (6 weeks), 3°57' Libra back to 17°51' Virgo; shadow from 26 Jul to 11 Nov. Stations at 17:29 and 06:13 UT.
♂︎Mars retrograde 2146· once this year
Retrograde 04 Sep – 06 Nov (9 weeks), 20°38' Aries back to 8°34' Aries; shadow from 21 Jul to 24 Dec. Stations at 05:57 and 19:33 UT.
The slow planets
Jupiter outward, a planet spends four to five months of every year retrograde; that is ordinary weather, not an event. The slower the planet, the longer the spell and the less it asks of any single day. Mark the stations; the rest is season.
♃︎Jupiter retrograde 2146· once this year
Retrograde 25 Dec 2145 – 26 Apr (17 weeks), 10°14' Virgo back to 0°13' Virgo; shadow from 29 Sep 2145 to 24 Jul. Stations at 21:57 and 13:10 UT.
♄︎Saturn retrograde 2146· once this year
Retrograde 28 Aug – 10 Jan 2147 (19 weeks), 15°53' Taurus back to 8°58' Taurus; shadow from 23 May to 14 Apr 2147. Stations at 06:36 and 14:14 UT.
♅︎Uranus retrograde 2146· once this year
Retrograde 21 Feb – 23 Jul (22 weeks), 18°44' Scorpio back to 14°39' Scorpio; shadow from 10 Nov 2145 to 06 Nov. Stations at 17:36 and 10:03 UT.
♆︎Neptune retrograde 2146· once this year
Retrograde 29 Mar – 06 Sep (23 weeks), 27°35' Sagittarius back to 24°48' Sagittarius; shadow from 08 Dec 2145 to 27 Dec. Stations at 21:37 and 05:50 UT.
♇︎Pluto retrograde 2146· twice this year
Retrograde 17 Sep 2145 – 28 Feb (23 weeks), 18°11' Gemini back to 16°11' Gemini; shadow from 16 May 2145 to 01 Jul. Stations at 11:09 and 20:01 UT.
Retrograde 18 Sep – 02 Mar 2147 (23 weeks), 19°10' Gemini back to 17°10' Gemini; shadow from 17 May to 02 Jul 2147. Stations at 17:57 and 00:52 UT.
All times Universal Time (UT), from the same engine as the sky. Spells that open or close beyond the calendar year are listed with their own year on the date; the window belongs to both years and appears on both pages. On doctrine: a retrograde conditions a planet's expression; it does not doom it. The working tradition keeps no list of forbidden days, a spell that repeats a is one process rather than three misfortunes, and the shadow is context, not an extension of the sentence. The stations are the moments that matter; what a planet touches while standing still, it means.